Customer Ratings & Reviews

A seemingly simple device, but a few quirks, some consistent with other Elgato products, some I think a little unique to this one. I assumed this would largely be "plug and play", as they advertise that no drivers or anything is required, which is mostly true. Installing the Elgato recording software is almost required, as it lets you change some settings, most importantly the HDMI Device ID it sends to the video source. The HDMI Device ID tells the video source the capabilities of the HDMI device connected to it (e.g. supported resolutions and audio channels). It defaults to "merged" where it tries to merge the capabilities of the Capture card and your output HDMI device. The problem with this, is if you don't have an output HDMI device connected to it, it, it seems most devices will not send an HDMI signal (and the Elgato software just says "no input signal"). Changing the device ID to the capture card only seems to allow it to work better if you have no HDMI output connected. The other thing that isn't obvious, is that this does not support HDCP (content/copy protection). Consoles usually have HDCP enabled by default, and all the 4K S says is "no input signal", and it won't even pass-through the signal. It took some trial and error to figure out I had to disable HDCP on the PlayStation 5. And ultimately, that is my primary gripe with this device. If anything isn't quite right, you just don't get any video at all, and the Elgato software just says "no input signal". Maybe keeping it simple is what helps it keep video delay to a minimum. Which is to say, the video delay is exceptionally minimal. Unless you are playing games competitively or something that requires inputs down to the fractions of a second, you could in fact play a game purely on the video feed from the capture card, without relying on a dedicated monitor. This could be convenient to some setups. Video quality is basically perfect. It shows up as basically a camera in Windows, and any broadcasting software or even video conferencing software will recognize the video input. So you can integrate it easily into just about any imaginable setup that has USB-C and supports webcams.

So I’m not a streamer, but I do like recording my game play sometimes and this works great for it. I’ve had a few issues with it not recording properly with a couple games. I think its the anti-piracy stuff kicking in and blocking the transmission, but for some reason was active on my game and not a streaming app. The anti-piracy protection is also a bit annoying if you have this connected and leave it there while just trying to watch Netflix on pass through. It thinks you are recording even if you aren’t and blocks all that content too. Maybe there’s a setting to turn that off, but I haven’t found it yet. I know workarounds exist to get around that protection, but I’m not trying to pirate anything and got this for simplicity so its kind of annoying to have to keep disconnecting it. That was on my PS4 which is not listed as recommended, so maybe it has issues with older systems knowing what is or is not supposed to be encrypted? I didn’t have any similar issues with my switch 2. All the recordings are really good quality and I have no complaints there. You do need a laptop or other device attached to it in order to record, so if you were looking for standalone, you’ll need a different model. But that being said the price point is a lot better if you are looking to record game play at 4k but afford to pay for a more expensive option. The pass through works will for any unencrypted signal and doesn’t have any noticeable lag. Again, the pass through is nice if your signal isn’t coming through encrypted, but if it is then you have to deal with disconnecting it from your system. If it isn’t encrypted than the pass through lets you play on your nice big TV if you want, while recording on a smaller screened laptop or other device without much lag to screw you up.

Love this new model. I used to have the hd60x and the difference is noticeable. Would definitely recommend for people that are stating to stream or record their games

Got a great deal for this product and this will definitely help me for my Twitch setups!